We departed Edenton at 0815. Munther helped us with our lines. The wind was blowing harder than I was hoping for but it was a fairly comfortable ride. Bare Foot passed us about 0930 and we waved good bye. We had to dodge crab trap buoys all the way. There must be hundreds of thousands of traps in Albemarle Sound and it’s tributaries.
We arrived at the mouth of Deep Creek in Little River at 1300. We tried to set the Danforth anchor but it wouldn’t catch so we retrieved it and lowered the Delta and 120 feet of chain which held fine.
We took the dinghy to Tim’s house around 1700. Tim showed me how to TIG weld and let me try it myself. Dave and Helen and their friends, Fay and Jack (Annie’s parents), arrived at 1900. Tim, with the help of his neighbors, Betty and George, cooked hamburgers and fried potatoes for dinner. We celebrated Fay’s recent retirement from teaching and Annie’s 27th birthday with a cake even though Annie wasn’t there because she had to work.
We went cautiously back to the boat around 2200. We had forgotten to turn on the anchor light and for a few minutes we couldn’t find Seascape. It was rather disconcerting but Dora finally saw the boats silhouette off in the distance. The wind came up in the night and I didn’t sleep very well, worried about the anchor holding.
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